Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Brno: Květy & Petr Hegyi

Listening to a few songs by Květy, again, I noticed Petr Hegyi mentioned there: photos/videos.
His photos are good, original, different, sensual. I kind of like thinking of Brno and the time when I used to bump into him occasionally through a friend.












Květy / Petr Hegyi / video

Monday, February 01, 2010

Survival Song (film)

Today, when I was watching AlJazeera's news on China's plans to build twelve new hydroelectric dams along the Yangtze river and about how inhabitants are evicted and their life gets worse, I remembered a beautifully made film by a Chinese director, Survival Song - by Yu Guangyi. I saw this film at the Czech Jihlava Film Fest in 2009.

In Survival Song, a hunter/trapper and his wife take an unemployed drifter named Xiao Lizi into their home. When their house is demolished to make way for a nearby dam, the family scatters: the wife goes back to her hometown, Xiao Lizi finds temporary work on a construction site, and the hunter/trapper - who is wanted for poaching - flees to escape the law.

Survival Song - (Xiao Lizi) - 2008
Independent Chinese Documentaries
AlJazeera
Jihlava Film Fest